Education

As
you see by our front-page story, education is on the agenda for most Hispanics.
The world has to realize that Hispanics are a complex group. They cannot be
described with a simple paintbrush approach. The largest difference between
Hispanics born in the US and those that have recently immigrated to the US is
language; some people still cannot understand why English is our first language.

Advertisers, especially in the last six years, have tried to identify some of
those differences. For many of us, there is no proof they have made progress. A
brilliant mind in Miami or New York cannot, to date, communicate with someone
from Northern New México and Southern Colorado, for example. People from these
areas mostly are bilingual, we may not impress those from Spain but we manage.

This is why education is so important for our youth. We have a lot to offer
this country, not just bodies for battle. Positive results take effort by all of
us, the parents, godparents, grandma neighbors, etc. Take interest in what our
youth are doing in school.

There is more education opportunity that ever before, and we must take
advantage of them.

The challenge to educate our youth is there; we must rise to meet the
challenge.